Later this month Hanson will be performing 3 shows a night over 4 nights at Disney’s “Eat to the Beat” concert series. Hansonstage will not be in attendance this year so we are looking for some setlist help! If you’ll be attending we are looking for 2 people each day to keep track of the setlists and send them to us at the end of the show/night. If you’re willing to help please use our Setlist Signup Form and we will be in touch!
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We have had an amazing month of concerts in the UK and have nothing but the best to say about the guys of BUSTED who invited us out for the adventure. Big cheers to James, Matt and Charlie for the warm welcome and to all the fans across the UK who made it a tour to remember.
Busted and Ed Sheeran perform live (Picture: YouTube)
Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance at London’s O2 to join Busted for a performance of their 2004 hit “Who’s David.” The English pop-punk group, who is currently on their 20th anniversary tour with Hanson as support, invited Sheeran onstage midway through their set, where he joined in on vocals and guitar.
Busted also joined forces with Hanson for ‘MMMBop’ and ‘Sleeping With The Light On’ during the show. Earlier this year the two bands released a new version of ‘MMMBop,’ Hanson’s ’90s single, titled ‘MMMBop 2.0.’
Sheeran has been making the round as he supports his new LP, Autumn Variations, which was released last month. Along with the LP, the singer dropped a live bonus album, Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions), which features recordings of him doing surprise performances of his newest songs in his fans’ homes.
The album marked his second offering of the year, following – (a.k.a. ‘Subtract’), which was released back in May. Autumn Variations sees Sheeran and producer Aaron Dessner expanding on their collaborative power together, as the two worked solely together on Sheeran’s latest, save for one track they made with Dessner’s brother Bryce. This album is Sheeran’s first to be released on his own imprint, Gingerbread Man Records.
A portion of the proceeds from both Variations and the Fan Living Room Sessions version will go to Save the Music. The live living room videos will be the only ones offered for this album cycle, as Sheeran has said he wanted to forego the usual big rollouts he’s used to.
Busted, who are better known in the U.K. than in the U.S., recently kicked off an arena tour to celebrate their 20th anniversary as group.
“We may not have been together for a lot of the last 20 years, but when we do come back together, the thing that has really been a factor in allowing us to return is that our songs have been there and held their place, even when we haven’t been performing,” band member Matt Willis told Rolling Stone UK in March. “That’s the thing, our songs can do their thing when we’re not a band. The plane flies when we’re not flying. But now, we’re back and we can’t wait.”
Hanson just finished up their gig opening for Busted on their 20th Anniversary Tour in the UK. While this tour started out with just 10 dates Hanson would be supporting on, they ended up doing 22 dates. While the tour stats are available always on the “Shows played live by tour” page, we last year added a page that will show you your personal stats for each tour of the shows you’ve seen. How are we feeling about how they mixed things up? Are there any songs you wish they’d have played?
The following list has been compiled using all of the setlists and has no partial setlists [Big thanks to Christina for helping make sure we got all the setlists!]
There were 22 shows on this tour
Hanson played 188 songs live on this tour
Hanson played 26 unique songs live on this tour
This tour played 4% of the songs in the database live
Middle of Nowhere
Where’s the Love – 21
I Will Come To you – 20
A Minute Without You – 7
This Time Around
If Only – 11
This Time Around – 3
Runaway Run – 1
In the City – 13
Underneath
Penny and Me – 16
Lost Without Each Other – 2
The Walk
Been There Before – 1
One More – 1
Take The Walk EP
Change In My Life – 1
Shout It Out
Waiting For This – 1
Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’ – 2
And I Waited – 1
ANTHEM
Fired Up – 19
I’ve Got Soul – 2
You Can’t Stop Us – 2
Live and Electric
In a Little While – 1
Against The World
Don’t Ever Change – 1
Only Love – 2
Perennial
Roller Coaster Love – 1
Busted Greatest Hits 2.0
MMMBop 2.0 – 22 [with Busted]
Sleeping With The Light On – 20 [with Busted]
Night Driver – 1
Well the MON era has been a ride. And to be honest I feel like I could have stayed here a little while longer.
In this episode I welcome past guests Katie from Hansonstage and Chris from MMMBoptastic to discuss the first 4 episodes in a little more detail.
Enjoy!
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We’ve seen many stages and also caught some of the most iconic landmarks while on our UK run. A trip to London would not be complete without a stroll across the River Thames.